Sports

Ashish Sharma, from our partners at DW, Deutsche Welle, tells the story of a soccer team started by the Spanish Commission for Refugees to build a better understanding between locals and migrants.

Afghanistan’s national women’s cricket team was formed in 2020, prompted by the rules of the International Cricket Council, which stated that countries must have both a men’s and a women’s team. The ICC hasn’t officially recognized the women’s team since the Taliban returned to power, but it has now pledged funding to help the team.

Tom Longboat was the Boston Marathon’s first Indigenous champion back in 1907. Today, his great-great-grandson, Kristian Jamieson, hopes to continue this special family tradition as a runner in Monday’s 129th annual race.

Every year, the Boston Marathon attracts some of the biggest names in distance running. One of the professionals in next week’s race is Mary Ngugi from Kenya. She founded Nala Track Club in 2022 to provide a safe place for young girls to train despite Kenya’s history of gender-based violence.  

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th career goal this weekend. That put the 39-year-old superstar captain ahead of the former record holder, Wayne Gretzky, who congratulated him in a ceremony on the ice, along with a host of other top-echelon athletes. Ovechkin was also congratulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. What often gets lost amid the excitement is Ovechkin’s pro-Kremlin politics.